Consider the following about the travel accounts of the Geographer Al Idrisi 1 He mentions sailing t...........

Ancient and Medival History Gupta and Post Gupta

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Consider the following about the travel accounts of the Geographer Al-Idrisi.

1. He mentions sailing time across the world as two days.

2. He labelled silk found in Quanzhou as the best.

3. As per him, Indian subcontinent was circular in shape.

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Explanation:

Al-Idrisi in his famous Tabula Rogeriana mentioned Irlandah-al-Kabirah (Great Ireland).According to him, "from the extremity of Iceland to that of Great Ireland," the sailing time was "one day."Historians, however, note that both al-Idrisi and the Norse tend to understate distances. Al-Idrisi mentioned that Chinese junks carried leather, swords, iron and silk. He mentions the glassware of the city of Hangzhou and labels Quanzhou's silk as the best. Al-Idrisi produced a compendium of geographical information with the title Kitab nuzhat al-mushtaq fi'khtiraq al-'afaq.The title has been translated as ‘The book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands’ or ‘The pleasure of him who longs to cross the horizons’.